I'm glad I read it because I didn't know his story. But damn it, every story like this in the Daily, there is at least one transition they make from present to past (or past to present) that makes me stop and say "Wait, what, this happened when?"

It feels like someone did a final edit just before deadline, and chopped out something that would have helped with continuity. But because they'd read the whole thing multiple times already and knew the details, they didn't realize the gap they left.